Meeting of the Ministers of the "Central European Co-operation in Education. Wimmer, April 2007

1. Cultural Education in Europe – a Contribution to Creativity and Innovation Meeting of the Ministers of the „Central European Co-operation in Education“ 12 April 2007 Vienna Michael Wimmer

2. Why talking about creativity In the interests of the (old) industrial economy and of academic achievement, we have succumbed to a partial form of education. We have vasted and even destroyed a great deal of what people had to offer because we couldn‘t see the value of it. Therefore we need a new conception of human resources. This is what the ideas about creativity are pointing at. It is fundamentally a question of ecology.

3. When talking about creativity….. we talk about social inclusion „ There are many misconceptions about creativity. Creativity is not a separate faculty that some people have and others do not. It is a function of human intelligence.“ we talk about school development „ Creativity is a balance between freedom, authority, skill and speculation. It can be taught, but you have to loosen up the system to let it happen. You can‘t have creative learning without creative teaching.“ we talk about diversity in democratic societies „ Creativity is the freedom to constantly see things from a different perspective.“

4. What has happened up to now - 1998 Conference “A Creative Culture” in Bregenz during the Austrian EU- Presidency - 2001 Conference “A Must or a Muse” in Rotterdam - Since 2001 Culture-School-Network of civil servants from education and cultural administrations - 2005 Recommendations of the European Council on key competencies for lifelong learning - 2006 Conference “Cultural Education in Europe: A Contribution for Creativity, Participation and Innovation” during the Austrian EU-Presidency

5. What will happen next - From 2007 European Portal on Arts and Cultural Education - 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 - 2009 European Year linking Education, Culture and Creativity - 2010 Follow up of the Lisbon Agenda

6. Some positive examples - Creative Partnerships/England - Kulturelle and Kunstsinnige Forming/ The Netherlands - KACES: Korean Arts and Cultural Education Service - Austrian Culture Service/KulturKontakt Austria

7. Some research results - UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education, 2006 in Lisbon - The WOW-Factor Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education, 2006 - French Ministry of Education and French Ministry of Culture: The Impact of Arts and Cultural Education, 2007 Paris - Creative Partnerships: ofsted - initiative and impact - Brain research - Project Zero/Howard Gardner/Ellen Winner: Multiple intelligences

8. What research made evident Learning in the arts – learning by the arts: Intrinsic and extrinsic effects - Creative Development Partnerships between schools and cultural institutions are effective in developing in pupils attributes of creative people - Applying Creativity Cultural education enables the development of good personal and social skills (effective collaboration, maturity in their relationship with adults,…) - Young Professionals A significant number of pupils were motivated to work directly in the creative industries - Standards Achieved Students improved in achievment in areas such as literacy, numeracy and information and communication technology - Personal Development and Well-Being Improvement of pupils‘ motivation to actively take part - Sustaining and Achieving Arts and Cultural Education has long lasting effects (Fe in changing cultural attitudes)

9. Recommendations - Leadership and management - Further development of the curricula - Organisation of partnerships - Documentation, monitoring and evulation - International exchange and co-operation

10. Creativity is core, not peripheral. Creativity is about thinking, not just about feelings (observation, envision, expression, reflection). Creativity is another way to understand the world, as important as the scientific way. Creativity cultivates habits of mind, not just craft. Thank you for your attention!